Pierce Brown Quotes

A lot of times, I faced bullies - or the 'big dogs' at school. What I wanted 'Red Rising' to be is not necessarily an indictment on bullies, but it reflects my experiences and attitudes that I had with bullies growing up.

- Pierce Brown

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

- Pierce Brown

I think girls have a harder time than guys do if you're switching schools. Guys don't get picked on as long as you're OK in sports.

- Pierce Brown

My roommates are all such happy-go-lucky guys, and I carry some of the stress around a lot more.

- Pierce Brown

'Morning Star' is the light that many sailors would use to guide them. But it's also referenced twice in the Bible - once for Lucifer and once for Jesus.

- Pierce Brown

Every hero must return home. Starks to Winterfell. Harry to Privet Drive. Luke Skywalker to Tattoine. Katniss to District twelve. The fun is in seeing how they return.

- Pierce Brown

My editor's main job is to cut down my worldbuilding. There's so much fun stuff in there, you know?

- Pierce Brown

I usually dislike second books in series. The only second installment I ever loved was 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and I think that was wonderful because it evolved the characters while not seeming like a bridge.

- Pierce Brown

When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.

- Pierce Brown

Every high school I went to, I joined in the middle of the year, so sports helped. But you see a lot of bullies when you move to eight states, I'll say that.

- Pierce Brown

Conceptually, I always took issue with bullies and those who took advantage of others, whether it was a teacher's cruelty to a student, or a student who picked fights with others.

- Pierce Brown

I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.

- Pierce Brown

There are so many ideas that you just come up with on a day-to-day basis when you're a writer that it's very difficult to want to go back to an old fling, so to speak.

- Pierce Brown

If you look at 'Golden Son,' it was just a focused, isolated battle for Mars.

- Pierce Brown

I'm kind of irritated by the Hollywood scene.

- Pierce Brown

I have been rejected 120 times, probably because I didn't write the right book.

- Pierce Brown